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Andras Schiff: piano

Beethoven sonata cycles are occasions, but they dont always make history. This one did.... The recordings are luminous. Although they were recorded live in Zurich, Switzerland, they reveal a kind of preserved freshness. An ideal piano dances in imaginary space. Everything in Beethoven can be heard, savored, adored. I recommend them without qualification. - Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times

Andras Schiff: The Beethoven sonatas can be logically divided into three distinct groups: early, middle and late. To me, playing them in chronological order is most convincing and deeply satisfying. Among the thirty-two there is not one weak link. And this way the listener is able to follow the process of evolution, step by step. It is a learning experience; we are fellow travelers on a fantastic voyage.

This specially-priced 11 CD edition contains the complete piano sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven, recorded live in concert at the Tonhalle in Zurich. It also includes encores from these concerts with works by Schubert, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Bach, as well as an extensive booklet, which re-collects all original conversations around the sonatas, and adds an insightful new text by Andras Schiff reflecting upon the Encores after Beethoven.

CD 1
Sonata No. 1 f Minor op. 2/1 (1793-5)
Tracks 1 4
Sonata No. 2 A Major op. 2/2 (1794-5)
Tracks 5 8
Sonata No. 3 C Major op. 2/3 (1794-5)
Tracks 9 12
CD 2
Sonata No. 4 E flat Major op. 7 (1796-7)
Tracks 1 4
CD 3
Sonata No. 5 c minor op. 10/1 (1795-7)
Tracks 1 - 3
Sonata No. 6 F major op. 10/2 (1796-7)
Tracks 4 - 6
Sonata No. 7 D major op. 10/3 (1797-8)
Tracks 7 -10
Sonata No. 8 c minor op. 13 Pathetique (1797-8)
Tracks 11 - 13
CD 4
Sonate No. 19 g minor op. 49/1 (1797?)
Tracks 1 - 2
Sonata No. 20 G major op. 49/2 (1795-6)
Tracks 3 - 4
Sonata No. 9 E major op. 14/1 (1798)
Tracks 5 - 7
Sonata No. 10 G major op. 14/2(1799)
Tracks 8 - 10
Sonata No. 11 B flat major op. 22 (1800)
Tracks 11 - 14
CD 5
Sonata No. 12 A-flat major op. 26
Tracks 1 4
Sonata No. 13 E-flat major op. 27/1
Sonata quasi una fantasia
Tracks 5 - 8
Sonata No. 14 c-sharp minor op. 27/2
Sonata quasi una fantasia - Moonlight
Tracks 9 - 11
Sonata No. 15 D major op. 28 Pastorale
Tracks 12 - 15
CD 6
Sonata No. 16 G major op. 31/1
Tracks 1 - 3
Sonata No. 17 d minor op. 31/2 The Tempest
Tracks 4 - 6
Sonata No. 18 E-flat major op. 31/3 The Hunt
Track 7 - 10
CD 7
Sonata No. 21 C major op. 53 (1803/4) Waldstein
Tracks 1 -3
Andante favori F major WoO 57 (1803/4)
Track 4
CD 8
Sonata No. 22 F major op. 54 (1804)
Tracks 1 - 2
Sonata No. 23 f minor op. 57 (1804-06) Appassionata
Tracks 3 - 5
Sonata No. 24 F-sharp major op. 78 (1809) a Therese
Tracks 6 - 7
Sonata No. 25 G major op. 79 (1809)
Tracks 8 - 10
Sonata No. 26 E-flat major op. 81a (1809-10) Les Adieux
Tracks 11 - 13
CD 9
Sonata No. 27 e minor op. 90 (1814)
Tracks 1 - 2
Sonata No. 28 A major op. 101 (1815-17)
Tracks 3 - 6
Sonata No. 29 B-flat major op. 106 (1817-18) Hammerklavier
Tracks 7 - 10
CD 10
Sonata No. 30 E major op. 109 (1820)
Tracks 1 - 3
Sonata No. 31 A-flat major op. 110 (1821)
Tracks 4 - 6
Sonata No. 32 c minor op. 111 (1821-22)
Tracks 7 - 8
CD 11
Andras Schiff Encores After Beethoven
Franz Schubert - Three Piano Pieces D 946
Franz Schubert - Allegretto c minor D 915
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Gigue in G Major, KV 574
Joseph Haydn - Sonata g minor, Hob XVI :44
Franz Schubert - Hungarian Melody in b minor, D. 817
Ludwig van Beethoven - Andante favori F major WoO 57
J.S.Bach - Partita No. 1 B-flat Major, BWV 825
J.S.Bach - Prelude and Fugue b-flat minor, BWV 867